Educational device



April 18, 1933. F. E. FISHER EDUCATIONAL DEVICE.

Filed Dec. 16, 1950 Patented Apr. 1a, Y1933Y 4,faffiancas, Hermagor.mWmrALisgrnAHo Y to@A `familyiarize childfvvth'" alphabet, Y numerals and Wordsfbya'ssciating,thesame V with @parures offcbjeetsllwen hewn/t6 Tin-1e i child and Which ,contain thef letters of? the alphabehfnumeralsf or' `The device. isin lthe nature fof, anchartjand includes la body" or base" Which-5 may tbe van. associated vvith thejbodyoriba'se'areflletters gether with means for selectively and detach-V ablymounting the cards upon the bodyor base in cooperative relation with the other data or indicia upon the body or base Where- Vby the child may view it.

In the drawing:

Fig. 'l is a front elevationof an educational device embodying the features of the present invention, and H Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line d-oL The present device, which vis in the nature of a chart, includes a base or body X which may be of any suitablematerial, as for instance heavy cardboard. This'body or base may be of any suitable dimensionsV and is 5 preferably rectangular inshape having its longest dimension from top to bottom of -the body. Any suitable means may be provided for hanging the device on a Wall, as forinstance a hole maybe provided at the top edge of the body, and said body portion may edge thereof. Along one longitudinal edge of the body be folded over as indicated to stiii'en the top member, preferably the left-hand edge there is lined oil' a vertical column which Vis Subi divided by transverse lines into a vertical" series of spaces, numbered'on the drawing".

from 1 to 8 inclusive. In each space certain indicia are provided. In space number l the-` letter .a appears in script and in print."`

phabet l `Spaces A 4 andff` 5 contain" combinag Y Spaces 7 and Scontainthe numeral 5. 1 f "ffPos'itione'd'upon the body of thechart 'and infparallelis'm with the vindicia'column of the able materia`l,asiforinstance `metalvvhich detachably heldjupon Ythe body 1 of 4the lchart in kany 'suitable'. manner, as for 4instance`by; .60 I,

top edge ofthestri'pand'intended'forengage Y the'b`dy3of1tlie chart? Upon'the strip o bar clip .foreach space "or'divis'on of the indiciaf 1 colu nfofthe chart. Asjshovvn in thefdravv'-4 ,Y alphabet, numbers fand pictures of objects to-y iig" 'the Spring. filip is* a Substantially 'U- i shaped vvirefmeniberwhavingI itsendssecured "70 anchored ends" thereof i and, jas,V best shown in Fig. "2 of the dravvinggis bent s'o that its `internfe'diate portion w'ill bearwith aE co'fnsidf .enable` degreof pressure against the :strip or'bariffYl i y '1 f; Then-,device further` includes cards, desige dsignedito be detachably held upon the istrip; or bar XL beingv thrust 4beneath :one: `,of i e the springaclips ffZ; 1Eac`h card `contains i. suitable data or indiciagfjor; instance the Word are@ piaurwf-fhe .object denoted by l,the 85 by en and @nasser-siate rhegleaejr, @einer n y 'aftaonthecard". lorirstance thecardy at.v top; of 1, bears th" Wordl fap'ple eing the',purpose ofthe presenti-n-` 3 bea-re the pitture-fdr ansapley "Thief eajrdjis f placed@ opp osite'v andjxin 'cooperative I relation` ice- Chiidwiii readilyV memorize the letter: fea.-

` tions; of the indicia, eoluinn by appropriate l cards "detachablysecured to the strip efY Y bytlie'various spring clips Z as will vvbe` readilyunderstood by referring to theoother 1 car s. f

` xit Will'bev explained; that a set of cards may 'lo'bre provided, each 'card hav'lng the letter d l" appearing a differentlWord with r`Pictures""5 of the objects denoted bythe different Words, Y and theseoards maybeselectivelyplaeed in cooperative relation Withnthefletter alle-on the body of the chartfad byfthisrepeat'd 'O'peretQu exhibitingderentwords al1-didi# i e ferent objeets,{ tliei 'Child @Willi readily if asso-L v ciatethe sound Vof k theflettervvitli the appearf f ance thereof Y ifor tliewinstruetiono-the Child, 4 Y f -Referring to subdivision' 7 of tlie'indieiaf f vColumn whichcontains the' n unmeral rf5". it

Will befrseen ,lthattheidetaohable Voard' W i associated therewith Containsgxfve parallel valuej of 5; liasbeen indicated--onthe card by 'three-,parallel luesthen thepluSSgQ-end thenftyvoyparallel lines.; In ilottedlinesito' -V j theleftisfindieatedthe reverse vside oathe ff L v may be covered. l y

VWhat is claimed istf y e r 11. An' educational vdevice comprising a fdivided into sectionsv and provided with inl dieia-infthe respectiveseeri'fions,areplaceable;` Y f Stpza? bet-ldswlhebly Pestirliedgupon theY ehartrbody in parallelism with the indicia alseriesfispring felipe, onef for eaeh section lof'theindieia column,'said clips adaptedto "'holdeai'dsbearing indicia having relation to the indicia in the eorrespondingsection of the '52- Ansiduceton devise@Ompsngehft bOdy having: anE indieigafeolunm, 'subdivided intovsec'tions andprovided:vvitliliniiliciagiii2th@"fj l @respeotlve seetipns,l a' replaeeablestrip orbar "g l. 3. LAn` yeducationaldevice Vcornp,

S111 a ehartbodyfprovide'd With aniindcia colmd 'V subdividedinmsefions--conemng and means Carried by the, Cha-lfb bed taheblfyffhplding ...indicia-mein r cofoperatverlaton vwiththerespsoi'v tions ofgtlieindieia column.

merals Y3 a'ndf 2 are employed for the samev o purpose as v the parallel lines.`

j Transverselyj across the .bot-tom portion of the Chart there is -lined oli' a-transverse column.v I i V i;

subdivided into sections or divisions eaelbeonf` taining-the picture of an object and the naine' offthezob-iect-'in ser'iptfandin-gprint. The Wordsandthepictures*orillustrations in lth'e transversefeolurnn havebeen selected tofaj fmiliarize VtbechildWith theyvrdfvvliiehis rvnad'e up'oftbeinitial' letters ofthe 4three L j oitures Whiohfroinileft'- torigllt are 'tliself Cif f f faxfislnfan apple and a't'ree,` andvsofbynthiswf' j L kind, of indicia' the ehjiiafteihgfamiiiaf with ,thepbjeCtssliovvn byfthepietures can beraad- Vily'taught to spelland pronounce the vvord Y fjfatg ]Thisffcourse, isa mere examplend lf inanyptherseleetions can and Will-b ViorthevariouslLeliartsi @It 'vvill vof @ourse understood that ysi/'Lefoi-',l1 e chartmay vary and the'numbeifof o Y subdivisions ofthelolumns may vary seas toi s Y provideInoreor less indicia 0r data upon/any Y individual chart, and by:prfovidirif;a plural-Y ity/,ofQoharts"Withdiferent indicia'r*data` .Y theentire'-Iangel.ofwordsirequired,forfteaehf'fi irg-linaegartenfand 'am grade' Children i 'chart body having an indiciav eolumn subf 'dumnz Said Strip O bary being provided .with ,7:'5' .f

indicia, column-feff'fhegeharebody: e ,86 

